How Sez Sees It

The internet.   It has been around far longer than we care to remember.   First used as a military system it became   a commercialised tool that was available in every home   from the early 1990s and has since become the most powerful tool in the world (or just a way to look up stupid cats: http://icanhascheezburger.com/ ). However, the US Congress   wants to   put a block on free speech on the internet.   They want tighter controls over what can be viewed and written on the internet.   This probably explains what they intend to do best: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:SOPA_initiative/Learn_more .   Basically, the short version is that SOPA and PIPA are set up to control online piracy, but unfortunately they go about it in a way that restricts freedom of speech.   Wikipedia are leading the protest on behalf of smaller sites that would not be able to defend themselves against big media companies.   If you wish to support what they are doing you can do so here: http://en.wikipe

When I was a child I really couldn’t wait for the moment that I would become an adult and have the responsibility to look out for myself.   I honestly thought that I would enjoy it and that I would be somehow significant in the grand scheme of things, that I would make a difference to people’s lives and that I would take their breaths away. The trouble with growing up is that it happens too quickly.   I now have a greater understanding of the world and I yearn for those halcyon days when I had not a care in the world and so little responsibility.   It has become clear to me over recent years that I am not the significant human I thought I would be.   I can’t expect to make an impression for nothing, I have to make an impression for myself. Don’t get me wrong.   The basics of my life are wonderful.   I have a wonderful boyfriend, I have a wonderful job that I am about to start with much excitement and a wonderful family who loves me.   Essentially my life is grand.   So why do I seek